Police identify body found in car

Police identify body found in car

YOUNGSTOWN

A body found in a car on the South Side has been identified.

Police say the body found in the car Saturday morning at Belleview and Ellenwood avenues is that of Ramon Deshun Kimbrough, 38, of Struthers.

Chief of Detectives Capt. Brad Blackburn said there wee no obvious signs of foul play on Kimbrough’s body, but he is awaiting an autopsy from the Mahoning County Coroner’s Office to determine how he died.

Attorney found in contempt of court

YOUNGSTOWN

A judge has found Atty. Heidi Hanni of Boardman in contempt of court and fined her $1,000 for failing to appear for a pretrial hearing in a rape case last week.

Judge Maureen A. Sweeney of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court acted against Hanni on Monday after she failed to appear at a 10:30 a.m. Thursday hearing to represent Leon Gettings, 56, of Canfield, who faces three counts of raping a 14-year-old between Aug. 24, 2011, and June 10, 2012.

Hanni told the judge she was in Las Vegas when the judge’s secretary notified her law office of the hearing last Tuesday. “It’s been set all along,” the judge said of the hearing.

“No, it was not set, your honor,” Hanni replied, before Judge Sweeney ended the one-minute hearing by announcing the contempt finding and fine.

Three-judge panel upholds conviction

YOUNGSTOWN

A three-judge panel of the 7th District Court of Appeals has unanimously upheld Christopher Kelso’s conviction for aggravated vehicular homicide and aggravated vehicular assault in a Feb. 2, 2010, crash on Wilson Avenue near Prospect Street.

Kelso, 34, of Youngstown, was sentenced to seven years in prison by Judge Lou A. D’Apolito of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, after a jury convicted him in the crash that killed Pamela Kennedy, 28, of Boardman, and seriously injured Javier Colon, 34, of Youngstown, who were passengers in the car Kelso was driving.

“His conviction is supported by sufficient evidence,” the appeals court ruled Friday. The panel also rejected Kelso’s claim that his defense lawyer was ineffective.

Road closing

YOUNGSTOWN

Federal Street at Federal Plaza will be closed beginning at 8 a.m. today and will stay closed the entire day. The restrictions are necessary to allow road work to be done.

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